Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • (50X) Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels

    Project was led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard working with Professor Pieter Abbeel. The video is shown at 50X speed. More details can be found in the paper at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Epabbeel/papers/Maitin-ShepardCusumano-TownerLeiAbbeel_ICRA2010.pdf Duration : 0:2:2

  • Electronic Battle Bot.mp4

    This was one of my favorite, a spinning robot!!! sort of, my dad explain to me how the battery works when i was 8, so i used couple copper strip and made this little bot! XD its been like 10 years, just thought of digging it out and make a video of it~ (the yellow…

  • where can we get wireless robot kits?

    Amazon.com if you’re in the States. eBay.in if you’re in India.

  • Help with writing some psuedocode?

    Please just read this really quick and give me the start of it. I have the declarations and menu, but I don’t know what else to write. ……………………… 1. Programming a Robot Battlebot Write a program for a Robot Battlebot that satisfies these conditions: ? The battlebot should have the following command menu selections: Fire…

  • Fifth Graders Toying With Technology

    Iowa State University’s Toying With Technology group spends time with United Community School’s 5th and 3rd grade classes, sharing engineering activities and building LEGO Mindstorm Robots. Duration : 0:1:51

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